Safety & Health
United States Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Technology &
Development Program
August 1999
6700
9967-2330-MTDC
Safety and Health Training Program for Forest
Service Employees and Managers
Chuck Whitlock, Project Leader
Introduction
Providing required Safety,
Health, and
Environmental
Protection training
for employees and
managers has been
difficult. Finding
qualified instructors
and quality audiovisual
training materials can be
a challenge. So can
scheduling courses. Field
units need a high-quality,
comprehensive training
program that covers required
training by the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA).
Many companies sell CD-ROMs
and video training materials that
meet OSHA, Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), and
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH)
requirements. Their cost ranges
from $99 for videos to $499 for
CD-ROM’s for each topic. This
could mean a very expensive
library of CD-ROM’s and videos to
cover all the needed safety training
topics for employees and
managers.
This Tech Tip introduces a highquality CD-ROM training product
developed by the Department of
Interior (DOI) that is
comprehensive and that complies
with OSHA requirements for safety
and health training.
1. Introduction to Safe Behavior
Process
2. Executive Orientation
3. Authorities, Roles, and
Responsibilities
4. Resources, References, and
Standard
5. DOI Safety and Occupational
Health Overview
6. Safety and Health Field
Training Menu (you are only
required to complete field
training subjects that are
applicable to your duties).
Safety and
Occupational Health
Training Program
The course is designed to furnish
employees with a basic knowledge
of safety programs and the training
they need to safely perform their
assigned jobs. The material
covered in the CD-ROM is
available in four different
presentations, each tailored to a
specific job classification:
executive, collateral duty safety
officer, supervisor, and employee.
The six modules in the Safety and
Occupational Health Training CDROM are:
The modules you are required to
complete depends on your position
description.
Executives complete modules 1, 2,
3, 5 and 6.
Supervisors complete modules 1,
3, 5, and 6.
Collateral Safety Officers complete
modules 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
Employees complete modules 1, 3,
5, and 6.
The Field Training Module (6) is
divided into seven section menus.
Each section menu includes a set
of individual modules:
For additional Information contact: Chuck Whitlock, Project Leader, Missoula Technology & Development Center, 5785 Hwy. 10
West; Missoula, MT 59808-9361. Phone: (406) 329-3924; Fax: (406) 329-3719; IBM: cwhitlock/wo,mtdc
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Rights and Responsibilities
• Planning and Preparation for
Field Activities
• Occupational Medical
Surveillance
• Hazard Communication
Chemical Hazards
• Chemical Hazards and
Reactions
• Basic Toxicology
• Air Monitoring
• Pesticides
Physical Hazards
• Occupational Noise
• Heat and Cold Stress
• Human Factors/Ergonomics
• Radiation Safety
Biological Hazards
• Biological Safety
• Bloodborne Pathogens
• Natural Hazards
Personal Protection
• Personal Protective Clothing
and Equipment
• Respiratory Protection
• Decontamination
General Safety
• Ladders and Climbing
• Hazardous Energy Sources
and Mechanical Hazards
• Confined Space Entry
• Portable Fire Extinguishers
• Vehicle Safety
• Emergency Preparedness
and First Aid
• Watercraft Safety
• Aircraft Safety
Field Operations and
Support Activities
• Field Sampling Hazards
• Stack Sampling
• Laboratory Safety
• Mine Safety
• Subsurface Investigations
• Industrial Plants
• Hazardous Waste Operations
and Emergency Response
• Transportation of Hazardous
Materials
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Units are designed to be
completed by the trainee for the
jobs they will be performing. The
training can be conducted as the
employee’s schedule permits. The
time needed for the training ranges
from 1/2 hour to 1-1/2 hours per
lesson. At the beginning of the
program, the employee registers
and inserts a floppy disk into the
PC. The disk records the
employee’s progress. The
employee then goes through the
instructional module. After
completing the module, the
employee must pass a sixquestion test. To pass, the
employees must answer all the
questions correctly. If employees
do not pass a module on the first
try, they can review the module
and try again. They may repeat a
test until they have passed it.
Once the employee has
successfully completed the test, it
is recorded on the floppy disk and
serves as the employee’s record
of training.
This program is an
excellent way to
conduct refresher
training on many
topics. Often it is
difficult to schedule
refresher training for
field-going
personnel. This
program allows
employees to
receive the training
as their schedules
permit.
serves as a guide for the program.
Because the Department of
Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, developed this program, it
is in the public domain and can be
copied freely.
System
Requirements
This application should be run on
an IBM PC-compatible computer
with at least a 486 DX266 or
Pentium processor and 16
megabytes of RAM (random
access memory).
The minimum hardware
requirements are: 486SX/25, 4
megabytes of RAM, 160-megabyte
hard drive, video card capable of
65,536 colors at a resolution of
640 by 480 pixels, dual speed CDROM, and a 16-bit sound card.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
National Conservation Training Center
Safety and Occupational
Health Training
CD-ROM Companion Handbook
The Safety and
Occupational Health
Training CD-ROM
program has a
companion
handbook that
Reprinted with permission by:
USDA Forest Service, MTDC,
Building One, Fort Missoula,
Missoula, MT 59804-7294
9967-2845-MTDC
This application is designed to run
on Windows 3.x. It has been tested
on Windows 95 and on Windows
NT 3.5 and 4.0.
Manager for the Rocky Mountain
Research Station, for submitting
this project proposal. Thanks to the
U.S. Department of Interior, Fish
and Wildlife Service, for developing
the product.
Conclusion
About the Author…
This training program is an
excellent tool to provide quality
safety and health training for
Forest Service employees on
topics they need to know to
perform their jobs safely.
Acknowledgments
Chuck Whitlock is a Project
Leader specializing in Health and
Safety projects at the Missoula
Technology and Development
Center. He has worked on the
Cleveland, Plumas, Fremont, and
Wallowa-Whitman National
Forests. Before coming to MTDC in
1998, Chuck was a Zone Fire
Management Officer on the
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.
Special thanks to Michael
Anderson, Safety and Health
Additional single copies of this
document may be ordered from:
USDA Forest Service
Missoula Technology and
Development Center
5785 Hwy. 10 West
Missoula, MT 59808-9361
Phone: (406) 329-3978
FAX: (406) 329-3719
IBM: pubs/wo,mtdc
E-mail: pubs/
wo_mtdc@fs.fed.us
For further technical information,
please contact Chuck Whitlock at
the address above.
Phone: (406) 329-3924
Fax: (406) 329-3719
IBM: cwhitlock/wo,mtdc
E-mail: cwhitlock/
wo_mtdc@fs.fed.us
An electronic copy of this document is available on the Forest
Service’s FSWeb Intranet at:
http://fsweb.mtdc.wo.fs.fed.us
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has developed this information for the guidance of its
employees, its contractors, and its cooperating Federal and
State agencies, and is not responsible for the interpretation
or use of this information by anyone except its own
employees. The use of trade, firm, or corporation names in
this publication is for the information and convenience of the
reader, and does not constitute an endorsement by the
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